tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post1834017403650070344..comments2017-12-03T12:46:53.693+00:00Comments on From My Kitchen Table: WHAT IT MEANS TO BE IRISH....Barbara Scullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311532447861613731noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-46381813494453933842013-03-10T04:15:38.358+00:002013-03-10T04:15:38.358+00:00I&#39;m only one year late in discovering this won...I&#39;m only one year late in discovering this wonderful post, so perhaps I might add something about being late. We were married on March 17th and so always have another holiday to celebrate, something more than the insanity the Americans bring to St. Pat&#39;s day. Lovely!northsidefourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04021998139776276601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-69625890778845591682012-11-24T15:53:00.676+00:002012-11-24T15:53:00.676+00:00I read and laughed. Your list almost perfectly mir...I read and laughed. Your list almost perfectly mirrors my own &#39;what it means to be Scottish&#39; list... (except here we mostly have the Saltire).<br />It&#39;s difficult to &#39;define&#39; a nationality - to capture the essence of what being &#39;Scottish&#39; or being &#39;Irish&#39;, for instance, actually means. <br />I&#39;m also often a bit anxious about where the question leads us - because all too frequently the response to the question &#39;what does it mean to be Scottish&#39; is: &#39;It means we aren&#39;t English&#39;... so we define ourselves with a negative, in terms of what we are not, which cannot be good.<br />I wanted to add &#39;welcoming&#39; to the list you wrote - because I think you Irish share that with the Scots. <br />Though - and I don&#39;t mean any offence - I am often intimidated by an Irish cultural confidence that sometimes borders on arrogance. But maybe that&#39;s because you ARE the best...<br />y.s.s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16445280597626572292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-13494875471894651192012-03-17T17:38:42.581+00:002012-03-17T17:38:42.581+00:00I found out I have some Irish in me, only four or ...I found out I have some Irish in me, only four or five years ago, and I&#39;m 42 now. Hmmm... I wonder if this temper thing is genetic? Ha ha. Lucky for me, though, I never got into fights past the age of 13. Quite a lovely culture, the Irish. I hope to visit one day. I&#39;m not sure if I would be welcome as a Jewish man (I am half Jewish, the rest of me is Irish, Scottish, Swiss, German, English and French); I understand anti-semitism was pretty common there in the past. I&#39;m not sure about today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-5398847994740338982012-03-15T01:04:59.527+00:002012-03-15T01:04:59.527+00:00ahhhh, this fully explains my penchant for inserti...ahhhh, this fully explains my penchant for inserting a cuss word in the middle of an otherwise normal word-my favorite..... &#39;I guaran-damn-tee(it, you, it WILL...whatever, you get the drift, lol)it&#39;s the Irish side of my ancestry that&#39;s to blame-or take credit for, as the case may be ;-)pegasusgold50noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-58363769490459030062012-03-14T23:01:35.460+00:002012-03-14T23:01:35.460+00:00I&#39;m married to a wonderful Irish lass and for ...I&#39;m married to a wonderful Irish lass and for me being Irish means Champ, with me beetling the mash while she pours on hot milk, and not forgetting on Halloween to leave the first 2 portions on top of the flat pier at the farm gate for the fairies. :)idiosyncratic dadhttp://idiosyncraticdad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-67849436042022732852012-03-14T21:54:42.070+00:002012-03-14T21:54:42.070+00:00WHAT ABOUT SINGING HAIL GLORIOUS ST PATRICK!!WHAT ABOUT SINGING HAIL GLORIOUS ST PATRICK!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-53816118372229519202012-03-14T21:09:58.102+00:002012-03-14T21:09:58.102+00:00Another factor - there are only two degrees of sep...Another factor - there are only two degrees of separation between any two of us and you never know where you are talking!Mairead Ni Lorcainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-85868510960335624562012-03-14T19:08:50.430+00:002012-03-14T19:08:50.430+00:00This is lovely Barbara. So positive &amp; really g...This is lovely Barbara. So positive &amp; really great to hear that our children feel that way. Although tell Paul that my eldest, was was born in London and lived there for all of 10 months feels really proud to be English too. EleanorEleanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04345998853615617122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-66343243982822409012012-03-14T19:08:38.186+00:002012-03-14T19:08:38.186+00:00Love this Barbara, you have nailed the very essenc...Love this Barbara, you have nailed the very essence of the Irish. We&#39;re fan&quot;feckin&quot;tastic!patmcmmchttp://patmcmmc.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-49427504041171292922012-03-14T18:41:33.979+00:002012-03-14T18:41:33.979+00:00As entertaining as it is insightful. Thanks Barbar...As entertaining as it is insightful. Thanks Barbara - brilliant as ever :-)John Ivoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08489590818690971940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-32905379693449283262012-03-14T18:38:58.868+00:002012-03-14T18:38:58.868+00:00@Talentcoop said ...
Ah Barbara that&#39;s brilli...@Talentcoop said ...<br /><br />Ah Barbara that&#39;s brilliant! <br /><br />May I add one more for us Irish descent kids.?<br />No matter your accent or where you may wander, being Irish means Ireland is always HOME.<br />Irishness is carried, in our genes, in our souls but most of all in our hearts!<br /><br />The happiest St Patrick&#39;s day to you, your family and readersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-41364863779196047732012-03-14T17:42:44.204+00:002012-03-14T17:42:44.204+00:00Ah I love this post! Having an Irish mother means ...Ah I love this post! Having an Irish mother means I can definitely recognise several of these personality traits in both her, her mother and myself - and I&#39;m proud of every one of them :)Lizhttp://www.themumblog.comnoreply@blogger.com